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Thursday, April 26, 2007

I Swear This Stuff Finds ME!

So there I was, innocently grocery shopping at a Vons I don't normally go to but is close enough to my house. I was looking for one little ingredient I needed for dinner. I rounded the corner, minding my own business, and WHAM! There it was.

Yep, you guessed it. It was Panda Express, in all its Orange Chicken glory, mocking me, beckoning me. I wasn't thinking about it, I wasn't looking for it, yet there it was. I didn't even know they HAD Panda Express inside Vons. Starbucks, yes, but Panda?!

I was strong. I resisted. (Luckily, I had just had lunch, otherwise I would have been a goner.) The victory was won.

But I have a sneaking suspicion that I have found myself a new grocery store.